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In monte Oliveti

Introduction

The urgency of the almost madrigalian treatment of the passage ‘transeat a me calix iste’ in the responsory In monte Oliveti, for instance, contrasts dramatically with the stillness of the verse ‘Vigilate, et orate’. In accordance with documented practice at both the royal chapel in Lisbon and Vila Viçosa, the choir is accompanied by the organ.

On the Mount of Olives he prayed to his Father:
Father, if it can be done,
may this cup pass from me:
for the spirit is ready,
but the flesh is weak.
Watch, and pray,
so that you do not step into temptation.
For the spirit is ready,
but the flesh is weak.